CHAPTER XVI

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Excavations in Egypt; Discoveries of W. M. Flinders Petrie 144

_Descriptions of Egypt._ Description of the Nile 153 Feast of Neith 155 Karnak 159 Memphis 161 Hymn to the God Ra 163

_Egyptian Literature._ An Old Kingdom Book of Proverbs 164 The Voyage of the Soul 168 The Adventures of the Exile Sanehat 171 The Song of the Harper 179

_Present Day Egypt._ Alexandria 181 Cairo 182 Egyptian Museum 185 Suez Canal 187

BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA.

Prefatory Chapter 193 ## CHAPTER I .

Early Civilization of Asia; Recovery of Forgotten Cities 201

## CHAPTER II .

Sources of Babylonian and Assyrian History; Physical Geography 211

## CHAPTER III .

Prehistoric Chaldea; Charms and Talismans; Semitic Invasion 218

## CHAPTER IV .

City-States Before the Rise of Babylon; Hymn to the Moon-God 227

## CHAPTER V .

Dominance of Babylon 232

## CHAPTER VI .

Beginnings of Assyrian Empire; Conquest of Asshurnatsirpal 237

## CHAPTER VII .

Assyria a Powerful Empire; Hebrew Account of the War with Assyria 245

## CHAPTER VIII .

Last Years of Assyrian Dominance 256

## CHAPTER IX .

Chaldean Empire in Babylonia 264

## CHAPTER X .

Social Life in Mesopotamia. The Babylonian and Assyrian Compared; Their Houses and Family Life 270

## CHAPTER XI .

Morality of the Ancient Babylonians 276

## CHAPTER XII .

Literature and Learning; Deluge Story 283

## CHAPTER XIII .

Clothing Worn by Assyrians and Babylonians; Their Food 293

## CHAPTER XIV .

Architecture and Decoration 300

## CHAPTER XV .

Religious Customs 307

## CHAPTER XVI .

The Laboring Classes; Professions 317

## CHAPTER XVII .

The Medes 328

## CHAPTER XVIII .

Condition of Persia Before the Age of Cyrus; Cyrus the Great and the Persian Empire 332

## CHAPTER XIX .

War with Greece 340

## CHAPTER XX .

Manners and Customs of the Persians; Their Religion 346

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